An expert has encouraged older people to verify if they could be due a substantial sum from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Over 370,000 pensioners, predominantly women, have been informed that they could be owed an average of £8,377.

According to DWP data, between 8 January 2024 and 31 March 2025, a joint State Pensions corrections exercise with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) identified 12,379 underpayments to women whose National Insurance (NI) records are incorrect. As highlighted by the Daily Record , in 2022 the DWP uncovered several State Pension cases where it appeared that historic periods of Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) were missing, leading to inaccurate State Pension payments.

So far, approximately £104 million in arrears have been paid out, with an aver

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